2 Complete these sentences with an adverb of Tanishq Abraham is a child prodigy. When he was only
frequency. four years old, in 2007, he scored 99.9 on an IQ test.
He (1) several university degrees – in
always (×2) • occasionally • rarely • maths, physics, science and foreign languages. Tanishq
sometimes • usually (2) a wide range of interests, so how
does he decide what to study? ‘If I find something that
1 We eat out on Sundays, but not interests me,’ he says, ‘I read a book on it, and then
more than once a month.
start to do research. I sometimes (3) in
2 He’s definitely very clever, but he can be a bit touch with scientists, too, and learn from them.’ This
arrogant . multi-talented Indian-American child (4)
3 Our teachers don’t give us to run for president of the USA. But that can only happen
homework over the weekend, only when we have a when he’s 35. In the meantime, he (5)
test on a Monday. to become a doctor. Does he get on with the other
4 My grandmother looks happy to see students on his course? ‘Oh yes,’ he says. ‘Because I
my cousins and me. (6) so young, at the beginning they all
5 My friend asks me if she looks wonder what I (7) in their class, but then
trendy because she reads that fashion blog every day. we make friends and they often (8) me
6 Dad has time to relax in the evening for help. But Tanishq (9) . In his free time,
– he usually has work to finish. he (10) playing video games with his sister.